CONWAY, SC (WBTW) – The Conway Police Department is investigating a shooting Monday morning that involved a taxi cab.
According to Lt. Selena Small, the shooting happened in the area of Dillon Street and Grainger Road.
Small said when officers arrived at the scene around 6:30 a.m., they found one person dead inside a taxi-van.
Horry County Coroner Tony Hendrick identified the victim as 54-year-old David John Bennett from Conway. According to Hendrick, Bennett died from a single gunshot wound to the chest while sitting behind the wheel of his taxi.
This is the second shooting incident in less that 6 hours in the city. The first incident happened in the Wild Wing Plantation neighborhood around 1:30 a.m.RELATED STORY: Report of overnight shooting in Wild Wing Plantation neighborhood
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